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Matchbox die cast toy cars

Introduced 1953, popular for decades, stiff competition from "Hotwheels" starting in 1968

Contributed by Camden

There are 2 comments for this item.

Posted by Tommie at 7:41 pm (PDT) on Sat April 28, 2012
I had a number of these little die-cast vehicles- loved them. Another good one was Tootsie Toys. They made all kinds of vehicles: cars, trucks, buses (I had a 50's Greyhound bus), planes, military vehicles, ships. I think most of them were around 25 cents in the early-mid 50's. When visiting my grandparents, they'd give my sister and I each a quarter to go around the corner to the Ben Franklin 5 and 10, and more often than not, I'd pick out one of those vehicles. No sales tax back then, in Indiana.
Posted by kluv42 at 11:41 am (PST) on Tue November 6, 2012
I always preferred these to Hotwheels... Those tended to go to wild-looking hot-rod cars with gigantic motors sticking out the hood, etc. Matchbox looked like real cars that I'd see on the road every day, which I much preferred.

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